Galah: fool, named after the bird of the same name which flies south in the winter - a bloody silly thing to do in the Southern Hemisphere
Garbo, garbologist: municipal garbage collector
G'Day, Gidday: hello!
Give it a burl: try it, have a go
Good oil: useful information, a good idea, the truth
Good on you: good for you, well done
Greenie: environmentalist
Grog: liquor, beer ("bring your own grog, you bludger")
Grouse (adj.): great, terrific, very good
Gyno: gynaecologist
Handle: beer glass with a handle
Heaps: a lot, e.g. "thanks heaps", "(s)he earned heaps of money" etc.
Hoon: hooligan
Hooroo: goodbye (© Don Burke)
Hotel: often just a pub
Hottie: hot water bottle
Icy pole: popsicle, lollypop
Jackaroo: a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)
Jillaroo: a female station hand
Joey: baby kangaroo
Journo: journalist
Jumbuck: sheep
Kelpie: Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie
Kero: kerosene
Kindie: kindergarten
Knock: to criticise
Knock back: refusal (noun), refuse (transitive verb)
Knocker: somebody who criticises
Larrikin: a bloke who is always enjoying himself, harmless prankster
Lippy: lipstick
Liquid laugh: vomit
Lob, lob in: drop in to see someone ("the rellies have lobbed")
Lollies: sweets, candy
London to a brick: absolute certainty ("it's London to a brick that taxes won't go down")
Loo: toilet
Lucky Country, The: Australia, where else?
Lurk: illegal or underhanded racket
Mate: buddy, friend
Mate's rate, mate's discount: cheaper than usual for a "friend"
Metho: methylated spirits
Mexican: a person from south of the (Queensland) border
Mickey Mouse: excellent, very good
Middy: 285 ml beer glass in New South Wales
Milk bar: corner shop that sells takeaway food
Milko: milkman
Mob: group of people, not necessarily troublesome
Mob: family or herd (?) of kangaroos
Mongrel: despicable person
Mozzie: mosquito
Muddy: mud crab (a great delicacy)
Mug: friendly insult ("have a go, yer mug"), gullible person
Mull: grass (the kind you smoke)
Mull up: roll a joint and smoke it
Naughty, have a: have sex
Never Never: the Outback, centre of Australia
Ninkum poop: a fool
Nipper: young surf lifesaver
No-hoper: somebody who'll never do well
Not the full quid: not bright intellectually
Nuddy, in the: naked
Ocker: an unsophisticated person
Offsider: an assistant, helper
Oldies: parents - "I'll have to ask my oldies"
O.S.: overseas ("he's gone O.S.")
Outback: interior of Australia
Oz: Australia!
Pash: passion, infatuation
Pav: Pavlova - a rich, creamy Australian dessert
Perve (noun & verb): looking lustfully at the opposite sex
Piker: Someone who doesn't want to fit in with others socially, leaves parties early
Plonk: cheap wine
Pokies: poker machines, fruit machines
Polly: politician
Pom, pommy: an Englishman
Port: suitcase (portmanteau)
Postie: postman, mailman
Pot: 285 ml beer glass in Queensland
Pozzy: position - get a good pozzy at the football stadium
Prezzy: present, gift
Quack, or off to the quack: the doctor, or off to the doctor
Quid, make a: earn a living - "are you making a quid?"
Quid, not the full: of low IQ
Rage: party
Rage on: to continue partying - "we raged on until 3am"
Rapt: pleased, delighted
Raw prawn, to come the: to b******t, to be generally disagreeable
Razzo: not worth much, another phrase is "brass razoo"
Reckon!: you bet! Absolutely!
Rego: vehicle registration
Rellie: family relative
Ridgy-didge: original, genuine
Right: okay ("she'll be right, mate")
Ripper: great, fantastic
Road train: big truck with many trailers
Roo: kangaroo
Root (verb and noun): synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very useful word in fairly polite company.
Ropeable: very angry
Rotten: drunk ("I went out last night and got rotten")
Rubbadedub: bar or hotel
Rubbish: to criticize
Salvos, the: Salvation Army, bless them
Salute, Aussie: brushing flies away
Sandgroper: a person from Western Australia
Sanger: a sandwich
Schooner: large beer glass in Queensland; small beer glass in South Australia
Scratchy: instant lottery ticket
Screamer: 1. party lover; "two pot screamer" - somebody who gets drunk on very little alcohol
2. To take a "screamer" in footy is to take an awesome mark/catch.
Servo: petrol station
Shark biscuit: somebody new to surfing
Sheila: a woman
She'll be right: it'll turn out okay
Shonky: dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.
Shoot through: to leave
Shout: turn to buy - a round of drinks usually ("it's your shout")
Sickie: day off sick from work (chuck a sickie=take the day off sick from work when you're perfectly healthy!)
Skite: boast, brag
Slab: a carton of 24 bottles or cans of beer
Sleepout: house verandah converted to a bedroom
Smoko: smoke or coffee break
Sook: person or animal who is soft, tame, inoffensive. Hence sooky (adj.)
Snag: a sausage
Spag bol: spaghetti bolognese
Spit the dummy: get very upset at something
Sprung: caught doing something wrong
Spunk: a good looking person (of either sex)
Station: a big farm/grazing property
Stick it in your kick: Stick it in your pocket
Stickybeak: nosy person
Stone the Crows: Heaven forbid!
Stuffed, I'll be: expression of surprise
Stuffed, I feel: I'm tired
Strewth: exclamation, mild oath ("Strewth, that Chris is a bonzer bloke")
Strides: trousers
Strine: Australian slang and pronunciation
Stubby: a beer bottle
Stubby holder: polystyrene insulated holder for a stubby
Sunbake: sunbathe
Sunnies: sunglasses
Surfies: people who go surfing - usually more often than they go to work!
Swag: items, luggage etc. carried by a swagman
Swaggie: swagman
Swagman: tramp, hobo
Tall poppies: successful people
Ta muchly: thank you very much
Taswegian: a person from Tasmania
Technicolor yawn: vomit
Tee-up: to set up an appointment
Thingo: Wadjamacallit, thingummy, whatsit
Thongs: cheap rubber backless sandals
Throne or, on the Throne: toilet or, on the toilet
Thunder box: toilet
Tickets, to have on oneself: to have a high opinion of oneself
Tinny: can of beer, small aluminium boat
Togs: swim suit
Too right!: definitely!
Top End: far north of Australia
Truckie: truck driver
True blue: patriotic
Tucker: food
Tucker-bag: food bag
Turps: turpentine, alcoholic drink
Turps, hit the: go on a drinking binge
Two up: gambling game played by spinning two coins simultaneously
Uni: university
Unit: flat, apartment
Up oneself: have a high opinion of oneself - "he's really up himself"
Ute: utility vehicle
Veg out: relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)
Vedgies: vegetables
Vejjo: vegetarian
Vee dub: Volkswagen
Waggin' school: playing truant
Walkabout, it's gone: it's lost, can't be found
Weekend Warriors: Army Reserve personnel
Whacko: You beauty! (an exclamation.)
Whinge: complain
White pointers on the beach: topless (female) sunbathers
Wobbly: excitable behaviour ("I complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly")
Wog: flu or trivial illness
Wombat: somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Woop Woop: invented name for any small unimportant town - "he lives in Woop Woop"
Wowser: straight-laced person, prude, puritan, spoilsport
XXXX: pronounced Four X, brand of beer made in Queensland
Yabber: talk (a lot)
Yakka: work (noun)
Yanks: Americans
Yewy: u-turn in traffic ("chuck a yewy at the next traffic lights")
Yobbo: an uncouth person
Youse: you
Zack: sixpence
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